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（大和風流）西川艶姿より
Woman Playing Shamisen and Man Chanting, from the book (Yamato fûryû) Nishikawa tsuya sugata
（大和風流）西川艶姿より
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
One page; 24.9 x 17.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13197
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight side of an orihon album page with two designs.
MFA impressions: 11.145424 (late, poor impression of uncut sheet), 11.13197 (right side), 11.13198 (left side)
The intact book: 2006.1572
MFA impressions: 11.145424 (late, poor impression of uncut sheet), 11.13197 (right side), 11.13198 (left side)
The intact book: 2006.1572
Signed
Yamato eshi Nishikawa Sukenobu hitsu
大和絵師西川祐信筆
大和絵師西川祐信筆
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.